Comments on: €26-million seed fund launched for Irish startups

By: irish pension funds

irish pension funds — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:40:00 +0000

This is indeed good news..thanks for suggestion .

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By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:59:42 +0000

First thing that happens when I click on the contrast link in IE7 is a javascript error. Might want to fix that if you’re touting webapp development skills here

By: Alan Gleeson

Alan Gleeson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:37:29 +0000

This is indeed good news, but like many of these announcements the devil is in the detail!

Would be great if there could be some more imaginative uses of the funds i.e. each recipient should be required to ‘hire’ a number of unemployed people to help say market the offering (they could stay on the Governments payroll for a few months). They should also ensure that the business plans for these companies are subject to strong impartial/independent review to help ensure the fund is highly targetted at those best likely to thrive. Alan

By: Irlanda destinará 26M a las startups

Irlanda destinará 26M a las startups — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:24:34 +0000

[...] el gobierno Irlandés, en colaboración con el Banco de Irlanda y la Universidad de Limerick, ha anunciado un fondo de 26 millones de euros para empresas en fase [...]

By: Mark Stanley

Mark Stanley — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:54:50 +0000

allan branch – If you’re in Ireland and looking to build a web app, you’d be mad not to look at building it on force.com whether with contrast.ie or anyone else (disclosure, I work for salesforce.com).

JK – yes more would be good, but this is a start and not bad considering the Irish Government is about as bankrupt as Bank of Ireland

By: allan branch

allan branch — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:43:34 +0000

If you’re in Ireland looking to build a web app, check out http://Contrast.ie – those guys are amazingly good.

By: JK

JK — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:29:33 +0000

Great stuff, but could do with at least one zero added.

By: Steve O'Hear

Steve O'Hear — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:24:42 +0000

The UK’s broadband strategy isn’t much better. Can’t remember the speed guarantee but it’s ridiculously low.

By: Derry Quinn

Derry Quinn — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:30:04 +0000

This is great news for Ireland, but the Governments lack of commitment to Broadband rollout here is dismal and disappointing. The “National Broadband Scheme” is now comprised of a for-pay crappy 3G Modem from 3 Ireland (http://three.ie) instead of the huge funding other European countries have seen.